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Debating Grad School? Here's Why You Should Go for It

April 23, 2017

If you’re a millennial who’s graduated from college recently, chances are you’re wondering whether you should attend graduate school, if not now then at some point down the road. Obviously, you can expect some changes from your undergraduate days, particularly when it comes to connections: to learning, fellow students, professors and real life.

The major game-changer comes from the life and professional experiences that grad students bring to the table. It pushes students — and colleges and universities — to do more. Here’s how:

Bentley student awarded Risk Management Association scholarship

April 21, 2017

A Bentley student was one of only two Massachusetts college students to be awarded a 2017 scholarship from the Risk Management Association Foundation. Michael Vitale, a junior Finance major with a minor in Law from Canton, Mass., joins students from other top schools around the country — including Princeton, the University of Pennsylvania, and Colgate, […]

President Larson Rings Closing Bell at Nasdaq

April 21, 2017
President Gloria Larson rang the Nasdaq closing bell on April 20, 2017, to honor Bentley’s centennial year.

How to Make Your Final College Decision

April 21, 2017
Bentley Dean of Undergraduate Admission Suzanne Cuccurullo gives four factors students and their families should focus on in the final weeks leading up to decision time to find the best college match.

Bentley on Bloomberg: How to Choose the College that’s Right for You

April 20, 2017
Bentley President Gloria Larson joined Bloomberg Radio’s Cory Johnson and guest experts to talk about which factors students and their families should focus on in the final weeks leading up to decision time so they can find the best college match.

Which PR Crisis was More Damaging – Pepsi or United?

April 14, 2017
We spoke with Professor Henri Weijo, a marketing and consumer behavior expert, to discuss how United and Pepsi handled their PR crises and how brands can avoid similar mistakes.

Bentley Professor Awarded NEH Grant to Study Women Doctors of the 1800s

April 14, 2017
Bentley Professor of English and Media Studies Gesa Kirsch has been awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipend grant to study the Woman’s Medical Journal, which circulated nationwide from 1893 to 1952, along with the network of women doctors that it helped foster. 

Bentley’s Center for Women and Business and Research Council Tackle Diversity in Tech

April 13, 2017
Bentley’s Center for Women and Business and the Bentley Research Council recently co-sponsored the second annual faculty/industry roundtable around the stark facts facing the tech industry as it seeks to improve the number of women in its ranks. The conversation was “Diversity In Tech: Addressing the Talent Pipeline and Workplace Culture.” 

Making Books—and Beauty—Out of Trash

April 13, 2017
De León Griffin, an associate professor of modern languages at Bentley, is a scholar of cartonera, which is the act of making books by hand out of cardboard trash.

Bentley Professor Hopes to Bring “Smart City” Lessons from Europe to Waltham

April 12, 2017
Sandeep Purao has been on a quest this spring that took him to Copenhagen, Helsinki and Barcelona—all to learn about smart city initiatives and city-university partnerships, and to contribute to research and teaching at Bentley.